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Science activity #49881, updated 29 April 2022

Pesticide risk analyses and management actions, chemical fate and transport

Description / purpose

This project work will model the risk of pesticide pollution in 225 sub-catchments of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta. The model will account for water management practices, land use, pesticide use rates, and cumulative pesticide stress. Additionally, this work will produce a web-based tool to simulate current and future risks based on the ranking of primary sources of pesticide contribution. This work will provide a framework to predict risk from chemical stressors. Specific objectives are: (1) enhanced pro-active chemical risk assessment, (2) creation of a tool which enables science-based chemical use decisions, (3) improved risk screening for vulnerable areas, and (4) identification of adverse effects of current and future chemical use strategies.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

Nicol Parker, Principal investigator - University of California - Santa Barbara [UCSB]
Arturo Keller, Co-investigator - University of California - Santa Barbara [UCSB]
David Senn, Contributor - San Francisco Estuary Institute [SFEI]
Haw Yen, Contributor - Bayer
Yongping Yuan, Contributor - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]

Activity status

  • 1 Awarded / Initiating (2020)
  • 2 In progress / Ongoing (2020 - 2022)
  • 3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $118,511

Label Value
Contract # or labor code 19054
Implementing organization University of California - Santa Barbara [UCSB]
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2020-05-01
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $118,511
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award

Location

Subbasins
Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type Title Description Views
News Delta Science Fellow 2020: Pesticide risk analyses and management actions, chemical fate and transport Project fact sheet 14
News Pinning down the pesticides News article 8